ReviewBritish journal of sports medicine2016
Resistance training reduces systolic blood pressure in metabolic syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.
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- The Optimal Exercise Modality and Dose for Blood Pressure Management in Middle-Aged and Older Adults: A Systematic Review with Bayesian Model-Based, and Dose-Response Network Meta-Analysis of RCTs.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2026Pooled it
- Effects of mHealth interventions to prescribe resistance training: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2025Pooled it
- Effectiveness of the pilates method in patients with chronic neck pain: a systematic review with meta-analysis.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2025Pooled it
- Exercise Training and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Males with Overweight or Obesity: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Pooled it
- Resistance training for metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease:a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Pooled it
- Implications of neuromuscular electrical stimulation on gait ability, balance and kinematic parameters after stroke: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2024Pooled it
- How robot-assisted gait training affects gait ability, balance and kinematic parameters after stroke: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European journal of physical and rehabilitation medicine · 2024Pooled it
- Effect of open vs. closed kinetic chain exercises in ACL rehabilitation on knee joint pain, laxity, extensor muscles strength, and function: a systematic review with meta-analysis.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2024Pooled it
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- Effectiveness of Resistance Training and Associated Program Characteristics in Patients at Risk for Type 2 Diabetes: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Sports medicine - open · 2021Pooled it
- Effects of resistance exercise in prostate cancer patients: a meta-analysis.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2017Pooled it
- The effect of exercise training on clinical outcomes in patients with the metabolic syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Cardiovascular diabetology · 2017Pooled it
- The effects of upper limb exercise training on upper limb muscle strength in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Therapeutic advances in respiratory diseasePooled it
- Effect of resistance training and high-intensity interval training on metabolic parameters and serum level of Sirtuin1 in postmenopausal women with metabolic syndrome: a randomized controlled trial.Lipids in health and disease · 2023Trial
- Effects of resistance training protocols on nonlinear analysis of heart rate variability in metabolic syndrome.Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologica · 2018Trial
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- Effects of Exercise Intervention in Subjects with Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease.Journal of obesity & metabolic syndrome · 2025Review
- Impact of aerobic, resistance, and combined training on cardiometabolic health-related indicators in inactive middle-aged men with excess body weight and obesity.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Article
- Effect of Programed Walking Exercise Using Bot Fit in Younger Adults.Sports medicine - open · 2024Article
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Abstract
aimTo evaluate the effects of resistance training on metabolic syndrome risk factors through comparison with a control group.
designMeta-analysis comparing resistance training interventions with control groups. Two independent reviewers selected the studies and assessed their quality and data. The pooled mean differences between resistance training and the control group were calculated using a fixed-effects model. DATA SOURCES: The MEDLINE, PEDro, EMBASE, SPORTDiscus and The Cochrane Library databases were searched from their earliest records to 10 January 2015. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR SELECTING STUDIES: Randomised controlled trials that compared the effect of resistance training on metabolic syndrome risk factors with a control group were included. All types of resistance training, irrespective of intensity, frequency or duration, were eligible.
resultsOnly systolic blood pressure was significantly reduced, by 4.08 mm Hg (95% CI 1.33 to 6.82; p<0.01), following resistance training. The pooled effect showed a reduction of 0.04 mmol/L (95% CI -0.12, 0.21; p>0.05) for fasting plasma glucose, 0.00 (95% CI -0.05, 0.04; p>0.05) for high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, 0.03 (95% CI -0.14, 0.20; p>0.05) for triglycerides, 1.39 mm Hg (95% CI -0.19, 2.98; p=0.08) for diastolic blood pressure and 1.09 cm (95% CI -0.12, 2.30; p=0.08) for waist circumference. Inconsistency (I
conclusionsResistance training may help reduce systolic blood pressure levels, stroke mortality and mortality from heart disease in people with metabolic syndrome. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: CRD42015016538.
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